Fast Cars

The new Honda fast car: the 2006 Honda Civic Si.

Probably the second time I pulled onto a street, I shifted into first and hit the gas. With the front wheels turned pretty sharply, and the front-wheel drive gripping and grabbing under the throttle, the wheel jerked right out of my hand and nearly sent me into a parked van. I settled down and got a feel for the steering after that. However, I was never really able to feel comfortable really hitting the throttle while in a very sharp turn (that is, when I had one hand on the wheel and one hand on the shifter). I felt like I didn’t have enough control over letting the wheel slowly return to straight when only using my left hand, and if I really put my foot into it, the wheel would wrestle loose and send me off in a straight line, regardless if I was done with the turn or not. While this may not be the fault of the car, and more my problem, I have to wonder how many young tuner kids are going to get this without much driving experience, and make the same mistake I did. I also wonder if just by number, many of them won’t be as lucky as I was… It’ll be interesting.

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